Sr Staff Engineer

Senior Staff Engineer

GEICO

$/yr – $/yr

At GEICO, we help our customers through life’s twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs. We thrive on innovation, exceeding our customers’ expectations and enabling our collective success.

GEICO is seeking an experienced Engineer with a passion for building high‑performance, low‑maintenance, zero‑downtime platforms and applications. You will help drive our insurance business transformation as we transition from a traditional IT model to a tech organization with engineering excellence as its mission, while co‑creating the culture of psychological safety and continuous improvement.

• Focus on multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise.
• Collaborate with product managers, team members, customers, and other engineering teams to solve our toughest problems.
• Develop and execute technical software development strategy for a variety of domains.
• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions.
• Utilize programming languages like Python, C#, or other object‑oriented languages, SQL, No
  
  SQL databases, and container orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services.
• Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know‑how of our engineering and product community.
• Influence and educate leadership at all levels.
• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.
• Analyze cost and forecast, incorporating them into business plans.
• Determine and support resource requirements, evaluate operational processes, and measure outcomes to ensure desired results.

• Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap.
• Experience partnering with engineering teams and transferring research to production.
• Track record of publications history in credible conferences and journals.
• Experience with continuous delivery and infrastructure as code.
• In‑depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms.
• Experience solving analytical problems with quantitative approaches.
• Ability to excel in a fast‑paced, startup‑like environment.
• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle.
• Fluency with modern languages such as C# and object‑oriented design.
• Experience with micro‑services oriented architecture and extensible REST APIs.
• Experience building the architecture and design of new and current systems.
• Fluency in Dev Ops concepts, cloud architecture, and Azure Dev Ops operational framework.
• Experience leveraging Power Shell scripting.
• Experience in existing operational portals such as Azure Portal.
• Experience with application monitoring tools and performance assessments.
• In‑depth knowledge of datacenter structure, capabilities, and offerings, including the Azure platform.
• Experience in security protocols and products:
  Active Directory, Windows Authentication, SAML, OAuth.
• Experience in Azure network security zoning.
• Highly proficient in architecture assessment and proposals.

• 10+ years of professional software development experience within the .NET framework (C#) and object‑oriented design.
• 8+ years of experience with architecture and design.
• 6+ years of experience in open‑source frameworks.
• 4+ years of experience with Azure, AWS, GCP, or another cloud service.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience.

$ – $ per year.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program tailored to you and your family’s overall well‑being.
• Financial benefits including market‑competitive compensation, 401K savings plan, performance and recognition‑based incentives, and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits such as mental health care, fertility and adoption assistance.
• Flexible workplace with the GEICO Flex program, allowing you to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

The GEICO Companies provide for a fair…